![]() ![]() Often when they are the victims of rape,” Elizabeth Plank, a senior editor at Mic, told Today. "I think it reflects the cultural reality where we actually put the blame on women. One fan of the page, Eleanora Passarelli Kattus, wrote, “I think I can confidently say that I speak for moms everywhere, when I say to you gentlemen, thank you, thank you, thank you!”īut not everyone sees the nail polish or similar products as an effective way to confront the problem of sexual abuse and rape. ![]() Undercover Colors’ Facebook page has nearly 40,000 likes and has received support from its subscribers. The inventors also found an investor through the contest, who has given them $100,000 to expand the availability of the product. The contest was established to confront the statistic that 1 in 5 women have been sexually assaulted on college campuses. The inventors of the polish won an $11,000 contest at NC State. Not exactly discrete (or good manners or very hygienic), but arguably more stylish than similar inventions, like these coasters, cups and straws, that do the same thing,” The Washington Post’s Gail Sullivan wrote. “To see if one of the drugs has been slipped into her drink, a woman has to stir it with her finger. Tyler Confrey-Maloney, Ankesh Madan, Stephen Grey and Tasso Von Windheim have created a nail polish called “Undercover Colors" that turns a different color when exposed to the chemicals found in common date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol, Xanax, and GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid). "The problem isn't that women don't know when there are roofies in their drink the problem is people putting roofies in their drink in the first place," Rebecca Nagle, a co-director of the activist group Force: Upsetting Rape Culture, told if preventing date rape was as easy as painting your fingers? Thanks to four North Carolina State University’s undergrads that is a real possibility. Yet the development of the nail polish has been criticised by some for placing a sticking plaster over the problem, rather than addressing the root of the issue. The students are still in the process of researching and developing their product with the help of donations.Ī White House task force report released this year showed one in five American female students reported being attacked. Undercover Colors won the Lulu eGames in April and recently reached the semi-final of the K50 start-up showcase. And so the idea of creating a nail polish that detects date rape drugs was born." "We wanted to focus on preventive solutions, especially those that could be integrated into products that women already use. ![]() All of us have been close to someone who has been through the terrible experience and we began to focus on finding a way to help prevent the crime. Madan told Higher Education Works: "As we were thinking about big problems in our society, the topic of drug-facilitated sexual assault came up. ![]() Each of the students personally know someone who has been sexually assaulted. The team was granted $11,250 (£6,600) from North Carolina State's Entrepreneurship Initiative, which aims to develop solutions to "real-world challenges". If her nail polish changes colour, she'll know that something is wrong." "With our nail polish, any woman will be empowered to discreetly ensure her safety by simply stirring her drink with her finger. Our goal is to invent technologies that empower women to protect themselves from this heinous and quietly pervasive crime," the students' Facebook page reads. "While date-rape drugs are often used to facilitate sexual assault, very little science exists for their detection. Stephen Gray, Ankesh Madan, Tasso Von Windheim and Tyler Confrey-Maloney conceived the idea after forming a team on the university's Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. A group of students in the US have developed nail polish that detects date-rape drugs in drinks Flickrįour students in the US have invented a novel way of protecting women from sexual assault on nights out - a nail polish that detects the presence of date-rape drugs.Ī group of undergraduates in the Materials Science & Engineering department at North Carolina State University are developing a nail varnish called Undercover Colors that reacts when it comes into contact with drugs such as Rohypnol, GHB and Xanax. ![]()
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